Britain is hopelessly unprepared for war – we must change or face destruction  | Allister Heath Sunday Telegraph Editor | Global conflicts are a marathon, not a sprint. The Cold War lasted 44 years; the Second World War six; and the conflict in the Middle East started long before the creation of the modern state of Israel.
The West’s great pathology is our limited attention span, our propensity to fall foul of crisis amnesia. We are too wealthy, too comfortable, too coddled, too convinced that wars are an aberration, unlike our much tougher forebears or today’s Israelis or Ukrainians.
After 1,241 days of combat, the West needs to shake off its Ukraine war fatigue. Moscow continues to inflict destruction and murder upon Ukraine’s civilian populations. Vladimir Putin remains not just a fascistic thug but, in a world where that term keeps being abused, a war criminal. The casualties continue to mount. Nothing is really improving.
Russia remains one of the West’s principal enemies, and its expansionism, imperialism and global spy machine are a major threat to our way of life.
The Ukrainian flags that used to adorn many middle class homes in the aftermath of Vladimir Putin’s wholesale invasion in February 2022 have long since disappeared, but it remains as important as ever for Britain and the West to support Volodymyr Zelensky’s fight for freedom.
It is apposite, therefore, that the security services have just exposed dozens of Russian spies who targeted Sergei Skripal’s daughter and mounted a series of attacks on Britain. The latest details serve as a timely reminder of the threat we face, including a “sustained campaign of malicious cyber activity”, secret bombings and arson attacks on multiple targets in the UK and Europe.
The best news on this front is that Donald Trump seems to be finally seeing sense. His ludicrous appeasement of Putin appears to be ending. For years, he has treated the Russian dictator with far too much respect, partly because he hated Ukraine because of its connection to the Biden family, and partly because he exhibits a weird esteem for strong men.
The Washington Post reports that, in a call with Zelensky this month, Trump said that Ukraine needed to stop playing defense and switch instead to offense. Trump separately cited the influence of his wife Melania, the first lady, who confronted him with Russia’s latest bombings when he wrongly thought he was making progress negotiating with Putin. We must hope that Trump delivers on his newly tough rhetoric, and that he does a lot more to arm and resupply Ukraine. There is one significant problem, however: an economically weak West will never have the capacity to defeat its enemies. We need a booming economy to create the resources to produce weapons and munitions and bolster our armed forces. America has problems on this front, with a dangerously large budget deficit, but remains wealthy, technologically advanced and entrepreneurial enough to cope for now. Read The Telegraph investigation: The Russian spies who targeted Britain on Putin’s orders ➤ |
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